What’s written in red?

Wishing everyone a safe and happy Easter from all of us at Darling Downs Dorpers Stud.

Thought you should know that the book, “Understanding Women”
is finally out in paperback…

For those of you who do not know, the Gatton District is located some 100k west of Brisbane, Nolan’s Transport is one of the biggest employers in the area, and only last year was given the “Business of the Year” award.

Now read on!

Julia Gillard’s Labor Party and the Greens are going to take us all down with this Carbon Tax. We, as Australians, should protest and protest until we cannot protest any more! This is a real scenario, brought on by Gillard.

Nolan’s Transport, which operates out of Gatton, has been earmarked as one of Gillard’s 500. This Company has been going for 102 years, is still run by the family, operates 126 transports and employs 265 people. Gillard has targeted this Company as one of her 500 ‘guests’ to pay carbon tax. Just imagine. Last year, this Company was told it put out 144,700 tonnes of carbon gas. So, 144,700 tonnes x $23 = $3,328,100.00. Yes, that is correct – 3.3 million dollars!!!

Where is Australia headed if companies like this one, (and there are several much bigger than Nolan’s – LinFox comes to mind) are put out of business? Our Prime Minister said there would be no extra charges on transport or fuel. What do you call 3.3 million dollars on just one operator?

Any transport Company producing less than 25,000 tonnes of carbon tax pays nothing. If Nolan’s goes broke or shuts down operations and another 126 replacement transports are put on the road by smaller Companies under the 25,000 tonne limit to take up the slack, then exactly the same amount of carbon gas will be produced, illustrating the futility of the whole exercise.

Mr. Nolan said in an interview that if he put what the Company was worth into a bank account, he would make ten times as much in interest as he makes now, throwing 265 people out of work. We must, as citizens on Australia and tax payers – not to mention consumers of goods – somehow force Gillard and her Green and “Independent“ cronies to an election on the issue of Carbon Tax before July this year to keep this Nation going.

This is just one scenario. What about the other 499 companies that will also be hit by this tax?

Additionally, we must not forget the other smaller companies which will fail because they depend on these larger companies which are doomed to either fold or cut back on their work-force.

COME ON AUSTRALIA, THIS IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. BRING THIS GOVERNMENT TO THE POLLS, TO SAVE OUR COUNTRY FROM GOING INTO POVERTY!

IF THE TAX IS IMPLIMENTED IT WILL TAKE MANY YEARS TO RECOVER. DO YOUR PATRIOTIC DUTY FOR YOUR FELLOW AUSTRALIANS – THINGS ARE BAD ENOUGH NOW!

Justin and Lori Kirkby completed an embryo transfer program on Sunday.

The elite 5% of the stud ewes produced 38 embryos by Terrawena “Loftus”. Loftus recently sold to Brazilian interest for $45,000, was the Junior Champion, Grand Champion and Supreme Exhibit at the National Show in 2010. In 2011 he was awarded Senior Champion, Grand Champion and Supreme Exhibit.

An additional 82 embryos were by “Sam” Terrawena 9009 who is a son of Terrawena 7113 which has produced sons that have sold for $18,000 and $16,500 and was described by Angus Burnett-Smith, farm manager of the Terrawena Stud as the most consistent valuable producer of correct elite stud stock to date.

Dan was a single guy living at home with his father and working in the family business.

When he found out he was going to inherit a fortune when his sickly father died, he decided he needed to find a wife with whom to share his fortune.

One evening, at an investment meeting, he spotted the most beautiful woman he had ever seen.

Her natural beauty took his breath away.”I may look like just an ordinary guy,” he said to her,
“But in just a few years my father will die and I will inherit $200 million”.

Impressed, the woman asked for his business card and three days later, she became his stepmother.

…… Women are so much better at financial planning than men.

When the battle scars have faded
And the truth becomes a lie
And the weekend smell of  liniment
Could almost make you cry.

The current plight of the Costa Concordia reminds me of a comment made by Churchill.

After his retirement he was cruising the Mediterranean on an Italian cruise liner and some Italian journalists asked why an ex British Prime Minister should chose an Italian ship.

“There are three things I like about being on an Italian cruise ship” said Churchill.

“First their cuisine is unsurpassed. Second their service is superb. And then, in time of emergency, there is none of this nonsense about women and children first”.